Moving In

And it came to pass......

moving in celebrations!

Although we felt utterly exhausted by the final monthe of building (well 'final' is a relative term in this instance!) - we were persuaded that a house-warming party was mandatory.

We started with a trip to the biggest supermarket we could find and bought the biggest load of food we had in many years. We had been living in a railway carriage for nearly 7½ years all told!

Everything was getting ready - even the table put on it's brightest display for a long while - it, too, had spent years in the open under tarps etc!

Some early arrivals for the celebrations were pressed into immediate service - the windows get their initial cleaning after years of wearing dust!

The party went from mid-day to midnight and beyond - although no-one seems to have found a camera, here is one of the few existing photos.

Our children are overjoyed at finding they can come and visit and stay in a real house at last!!

The kitchen in the final hours of it's initial road testing - it came through with flying colours and was the place to be for most of the night. Especially when Trev's triffic trifle emerged from the fridge!

What a night!

Charm the Wonderdog at her post, fearlessly guarding against intruders and keeping an alert and watchful eye on proceedings the morning after the house-warming!